Help Replacing entire audio system
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Racer
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Hong Kong
Help Replacing entire audio system
Hi
I took my 91 vert in Hong Kong down to the local radio shop, where they placed a double size sony head unit in, replaced the back speakers, and inside each rear speaker box, placed a 200w sony xplod amp. For the front speakers, they took out the bose box, and just drilled the speakers directly into the carpet cover.
Removing the box took away all the bass from the car, the sound is terrible, even though the fronts are 6x9 JBL's. I have to put all the sound to the rear. (which are crappy alpines, drilled into the original bose enclosure)
Any ideas for aftermarket sound system set ups? How to extract good bass from the fronts without the original blose plastic "acoustic" box of theirs? Or is there an alternative box I can get?
Cheers
I took my 91 vert in Hong Kong down to the local radio shop, where they placed a double size sony head unit in, replaced the back speakers, and inside each rear speaker box, placed a 200w sony xplod amp. For the front speakers, they took out the bose box, and just drilled the speakers directly into the carpet cover.
Removing the box took away all the bass from the car, the sound is terrible, even though the fronts are 6x9 JBL's. I have to put all the sound to the rear. (which are crappy alpines, drilled into the original bose enclosure)
Any ideas for aftermarket sound system set ups? How to extract good bass from the fronts without the original blose plastic "acoustic" box of theirs? Or is there an alternative box I can get?
Cheers
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Fort Knox
geez..sounds like your car got molested. Can you post pics of the damage? And how much are you willing to drop ? You said they put 6x9's in the doors? Thats a neat trick without some fab work. I guess you can go cheapie and put inline passive bass blockers (www.partsexpress.com), then buy an amplified sub like a Bazooka or Infinity Basslink if you dont want to get too complicated. That way you wont have to do much more hacking on anything.
Id still like to see pics
snoopdan
Id still like to see pics
snoopdan
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Racer
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From: Hong Kong
Actually not into the doors, into the carpet, beneath the doors, where the original bose enclosure was located for the convertible.
so its basically drilled into the plastic lining on the inside of the carpet.
crap......
so its basically drilled into the plastic lining on the inside of the carpet.
crap......
Le Mans Master
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From: High Plains Drifter Fayetteville, AR
That's not going to happen without a LOT of work. The bose enclosures are tuned to the bose speakers. There is no drop-in aftermarket solution to your problem, besides a subwoofer eclosure.
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Racer
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From: Hong Kong
so would you recommend just using the original bose enclosure, with the bose speakers, and a new amp and new head radio then?
What about the backs, are the bose speakers back there good?
Cheers
What about the backs, are the bose speakers back there good?
Cheers
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In my opinion the bose speakers aren't any good at all, that's why I just finished up doing my own custom install in my coupe.
The bose speakers are a weird ohm rating, which means that you can't use most aftermarket equipment with them without some kind of level converter.
If it were me, I'd pull all the bose equipment out and start over. I have an '88 coupe so my front speakers are in the doors vs. yours being in the kick panel. I have 5.5" components up front and 8" subwoofers where the rear bose speakers used to be. It sounds great so far. I've had to work out some problems with my setup, but that gives me something to play with too. I'm not familiar with the interior layout of the rear of a vert, so I can't recommend anything except a good set of components up front, a sub in the back and a decent amp to run all the speakers with.
The bose speakers are a weird ohm rating, which means that you can't use most aftermarket equipment with them without some kind of level converter.
If it were me, I'd pull all the bose equipment out and start over. I have an '88 coupe so my front speakers are in the doors vs. yours being in the kick panel. I have 5.5" components up front and 8" subwoofers where the rear bose speakers used to be. It sounds great so far. I've had to work out some problems with my setup, but that gives me something to play with too. I'm not familiar with the interior layout of the rear of a vert, so I can't recommend anything except a good set of components up front, a sub in the back and a decent amp to run all the speakers with.